Facing band and multiple band strip



July 12, 1938. l. D. woLr-'soN FACING BAND AND MULTIPLE BAND STRIP Filed May l2, 1937 INVENToR Tsaoore 17. 2002275071/ ATTORNEYS WITNESSES Patented July 12, 1938 UNITED STATES mflEN'rl ori-ica 2,123,620 I FAcmG BAND AND MUL'rlLE BAND s'rmr Isadore D. Wolfson, Woodmere, N. Y.

Application May 12, 1937, serial No. 142,135

3 claims. I (01.139-333) The lpresent .invention relates to adjusting bandsand band strips for use in the manufacture of articles of wearing apparel adapted to fit varound and embrace parts of the human body of varying circumference.

In the manufacture of certain articles of wearing apparel, more particularly articles which are intended to encircle Ithe neck or other portion of the human body and to t about the same, it is common to provide such articles with an adjusting band portion so that the part of the article which encirclesfthat portion of the body with which it is to be used may be shortened or lengthened, as the case may be, preliminary to being placed in position, so that the encircling part of the article will be of approximately the proper length. Y i

It is the object of the invention to produce a simple construction offacing band which shall be strong and of relatively light weight so that it can be readily incorporated in the article and at vthe same time provide a strong anchorage for the coupling which cooperates therewith in making vthe required adjustment.

The invention is shown in the accompanying g the openings therein, with the longitudinal edges of the band broken off, this view being very 5 vmuch magnied as compared to the actual band;

Fig. 4 is 'a fragmentary view of the rear face of the band showing the reinforcing zone which is woven into the band adjacent the openings therein, this view being very much magnied;

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section taken on the -line 5-5 in Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows in that gure, this view being very much magnified as compared to Figs. 3 and 4; l

Fig. 6 shows a multiple band strip showing one manner of folding a strip containing a plurality of band sections making la convenient commercial package.

Similar reference characters will be employed to designate corresponding parts.

.In the drawing I indicates the front face of a woven band and 2 represents the rear face. The

bands are woven of any suitable material, preferably silk or^ne cotton, andmalong a centralline equi-distant from the edges is a line4 of slots or openings 3 woven in. The longitudinal edges 4 of each strip will be finished or formed .with a selvage. as is customary -in lweaving bands of silk and the openings 3 are also formed by weaving, suchopenings being finished with selvage edges 5 produced by the weaving operation (see Figs. 3, 4'and 5). main body of the band is plain warp and weft weaving as indicated in Figs. 3, 4 and l5.

The back of the band is provided-,with a reinforcing zone 6 formed of parallel yarns woven at the .same time as the main body portion is woven, and which at certain predetermined points pass through and show on the front face as indicated at l. On the front face the yarns forming the reinforcing zone will be prominently displayed at each side of the openings 3 as indicated at a simulating a stitched buttonhole, and such nishing yarns about the openings 3 upon the rear face as indicated in Fig. 4 will be shown at intervals as indicated at -9. The yarns forming the reinforcing zone will also be shown at predeterminedy intervalsy on the front tface as indicated at l0 forming on the front face figures II interposed between the line of openings and indicating the points of adjustment to secure any particular size of enclosing or surrounding band portion of the particular article of manufacture in whichl the facing band is incorporated.

Preferably the yarns constituting the reinforcingvzone will be of a color contrasting with the yarns forming the body of the band so that the front face will indicate the area immediately adjacent the line of openings 3 and give thereto the appearance of I having stitched edges and also prominently displaying the size marks II and any other indicia which it maybe desired to display on the front face of the band.

When made in multiple strip form there will also be applied to the band in any suitable manner marks indicating the length of each section constituting the individual facing bands as/shown at i2 and indicating where the multiple strip is to be cut to form individual bands. Preferably also, each band section will be provided with a marking Il adjacent each of the severing marks i2, indicating to the operator how one end of the band is to be folded and shaped for connect- The weaving of the ing therewith a coupling device (not shown) to the manner well known to those familiar with this art.

In use the facing band, as its name indicates, is applied to that portion of the article which it may be necessaryto adjust to vary the length of the encircling part of the article; for instance. in a necktie, that portionknown as the neckband portion. The outer surface of the neckband portion will be formed of material corresponding to the material of which the article is made. 'Usually such an article is made in two separate parts, one partY carrying a loop'permanently connected thereto through which the adjustable part is passed, the inner face of whichis formed by one ofthe facing bands, the tapered end of which carries either a metal anchoring device or a button, which may be engaged and held in any onev of the openings when such part of the band is passed through the loop of the other part and doubled back upon itself and drawn through the loop. Such coupling devices are well'known to those skilled in this art and need not be shown or further described.

It is to be particularly noted Vthat ther body of the facing band consists ofl a single vply `^woven fabric which with the reinforcing zone about the openings extending along a central line at the back, is produced entirely by a single weaving operation. The reinforcing zone extends along both sides of the line of openings .simulating on the outer face of the band stitched edge openings and also indicating on the outer 4face ornamenting points and indicia as desired. The reinforcing zone is formed of relatively heavy yarns laid in long parallel lines of stitches extending diag- 'onally, as shown at 6, -in Fig. 5, and forming a cushion for the button or the coupling device and affording protection of the body of the band upon.

its rear surface from damage and injury caused by the contact ofthe coupling device therewith. This reinforcing zone formed of heavy yarns protects the main body of the b and and .renders 'unnecessary the use'of separate bands or tapes sewed or stitched to the back of the bandas now commonly employed. i

shown in Fig. 6, the multiple band strip may be readily folded in zigzag fashion, each fold beingthe length of an individual band. As the facing band is made of a single ply of fabric, when it is placed in position in the neckband of an article of manufacture, such as a neck tie, it will produce a neckband readily adjustable and yet at all points free from that bull; which is inherent in the use of separate strips of fabric superimposed and united, thus the neckband of the article provided withmy new facing band will consist only of two single layers, the outer layer being formed of the tie material and the inner layer'being formed of the facing band.

By weaving the neckband as shown with a reinforcing zone extending in a continuous line from end to end of the facing band or strip of bands, nothing is required in making the neckband ofthe tie except to unite the edges of the facing band to the edges of theband formed of the material of the necktie or other article. Usually these parts of the article are sewed together Wrong side out, after which it is turned, thus the stitches which unite the parts even along the band portion of the article will be entirely hidden in the nished article.

I claim:

1. A facing band of single ply woven fabric of uniform Width and of a predetermined length having a selvage along each of its longitudinal edges, an openingextending through said band, the edges of said opening having a woven selvage finish, a-reinforcing zone centrally disposed between the lateral edges and extending from end to end of said band upon the rear face thereof, said reinforcing zone surrounding said opening and formed of yarns independent of those yarns comprising the body of the band, said yarns forming -said reinforcing zone being woven with the body portion` of the band and being relatively heavier than the yarns forming the body portion of the band, said reinforcing yarns forming a cushion at the back of thel band but showing at predetermined points on the front thereof.

2. A facing band, such as defined in claim 1,

wherein the yarns forming the reinforcing zone are laid on the under surface of the main body in diagonal parallel lines andv extend through to the outer surface of the band at predetermined points simulating stitching about the woven selvage edges of the opening and ornamentations or indicia on the upper surface cf the band. 4

3. A facing band of single ply woven fabric of uniform width and predetermined length having` a selvage finish along its longitudinal edges, a

line of openings woveninto the said band extending parallel to and equi-distant from the selvage edges of the band, said openings having woven selvage finished edges, and a reinforcing zone formed of yarnsindependent. of the yarns forming the body portion extending parallely to each other and diagonally and woven therein on the under surface thereof, said reinforcing zone extending from end to end of said band and surrounding and forming a cushion about said openings, the yarns forming the reinforcing zone 1 being relatively heavier than those ofthe band and vshowing at predetermined points on the outer face of said band, the yarns of said reinforcing zone being of a different and contrasting color to those forming the body of the band.

ramona D. woLFsoN. 

